An awesome place to explore. A really cool waterfall, down below the highway…read more The trek down is pretty steep, so be prepared for a not so fun hike back up lol once you get to the end, where the waterfall is, there's not much room. The pool below the fall is pretty deep. Not much standing or swimming room There's a ledge on the left that you can get on, & also climb up to go further up along the creek and see more of the water coming down It's a pretty spot

IMO the drive over 82 from Alamogordo to Artesia was the high point of our trip to NM…read more You start in the high desert near Alamogordo - basic scrub land with limited vegetation. Soon you climb high into the mountains- lush green forests, emerald green grass. And yes - a ski area so close to the Mexican border. You hit close to 9000 ft elevation. As you descend the mountain, you enter beautiful prairie grassland. And then you are in the plains - some of the flattest land I have ever seen.

This place is amazing, beautiful scenery, AMAZING staff, great food provided by a great kitchen…read morestaff! I thoroughly enjoyed my stay! I'd give it more than 5 stars if I could!!!

Went in see if they were interested to purchase a firearm I wanted to sell. Everybody there was…read morefriendly and polite. The building itself was clean and modern. Items are displayed neatly and the business just gives you a good feeling the moment you walk in. It's about time Alamogordo finally got a professional establishment as this to do business with. I can see that in the future I will be doing more business with them.

Shhhh....Don't tell anyone about this beautiful 2.5 mile loop trail! Great for local leaf peeps in…read morefall and has a great overlook to white sands

Wonderful easy hike, 2.61 miles. Just outside of town towards Alamogordo. This is one of our…read morefavorites. We have been many times. This is one of the few trails that we have hiked and have seen wildlife. We have seen turkeys, mule, deer, elk, and even wild mountain horses. OK maybe not wild but who's to say they weren't. This trail goes through different parts of the forest where you have hardwoods and aspens with beautiful fall leaves, evergreen pines, and a hole grove of Christmas trees. The hike is fairly easy, with some, elevation especially in the beginning. There is a very large parking lot at the trail head with plenty of parking and some picnic tables. Also, along the trail, there's several spots that have benches to sit at where there's a view of the Valley below that look all the way to White Sands and Alamogordo. The elevation you are at is about 8600 feet.

Cloud climbing trestle trail, the trail head starts off in a small state park area with picnic…read moretables and a small paved quarter-mile hoop with overlooks. The cloud Trestle Trail will go down to the old Mexican trestle that you see from the highway coming into Cloudcroft. There's also two other trestles on the trail in the tree line that you can see on. This is the cloud climbing trestle trail about 1.3 miles from the top of the mountain down to the valley and up another mountain to the Mexican trestle. You can continue on the loop or come back up the way you went. When you continue you hike along the old train tracks to the backside and back up to the backside of park.

This is a great trail. It took us about an hour. It was a great workout. The views were stunning…read more Coming to Cloudcroft in October is my favorite time of year because of the wonderful colors that you find on this walking trail. There's lots of red and yellow. The trees are changing color and you know it's fall. Plus the weather is fantastic.